Don't Monterey County Supervisors, as District 2 Supervisor Lou Calcagno, review and approve annual budgets that include this money that has been in the oversight of the county public works department?

— Margie Kay, Royal Oaks

With Classic Car Week comes traffic

I will have to admit I really enjoy Classic Car Week.

There is an event for just about everyone, from the Concours d'Elegance to the Concours d'LeMons.

But locals have one big issue with these events: traffic.

It is not the events that bother locals, but rather knowing the events are going to happen and still "getting yourself caught in the traffic."

"Why did I drive now?" I live near Carpenter Street and Highway 1 and know this is the biggest bottleneck in the entire area. Timing is critical when travelling. No matter what, most traffic between Carmel and Monterey goes through that one spot.

What most locals want to know is not when the 40 plus events start, but when the events end. What would be really cool is if someone posted the approximate times the events let out. Traffic going into most events is usually less impacted because people stagger their arrivals more.

However, when the events end, everybody wants out at the same time.

Locals love the great events this area draws but it is far more pleasant to sit at home an extra hour rather than in the car caught in traffic that could have been avoided.

— D.L. Johnson, Carmel

False appearance of frankness

Merriam-Webster defines "disingenuous" as lacking in candor, also giving a false appearance of simple frankness, calculating.

He asks why our elected leaders support Cal Am in the development of the needed water supply given delays in permitting.

Hood is well versed in delaying the permitting of the new water supply project. He sent letters and personally attended meetings in Marina to oppose important testing permits. Cal Am must test the source water to complete the environmental analysis.

GreenWaste Recovery was selected as the new waste hauler because our rates were five to 25 percent lower than the next lowest bidder, we offered new and expanded programs and have committed to help each jurisdiction meet new state-mandated recycling goals four years early by 2016. GreenWaste Recovery has a proven track record of honoring labor agreements and is offering employment to all drivers that have been servicing the area. Our collection operations will be based locally in Marina and all materials collected will be delivered to the Marina facility, with only the recyclable materials transferred to San Jose for processing at GreenWaste Recovery's facility.

Recyclable materials collected on the Monterey Peninsula already pass through San Jose on their way to the Port of Oakland and our operations will actually result in a 25 percent decrease in carbon emissions (0.029 MTCO2/per ton collected by GreenWaste vs. 0.040 MTCO2/ton collected under the current operation). GreenWaste Recovery is excited to begin servicing the Monterey Peninsula in 2015 and we are confident we will surpass the communities' expectations with our commitment to customer service, safety and our new and expanded program offerings.

— Emily Hanson, director of business development and communications, GreenWaste Recovery, Inc.